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Sunday, May 06, 2007

Your Liberal Media, part 712,689,939

Democrats Back Down On Iraq TimetableCompromise Bill in Works After Veto Override FailsBy Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh MurrayWashington Post Staff WritersThursday, May 3, 2007; Page A01

President Bush and congressional leaders began negotiating a second war funding bill yesterday, with Democrats offering the first major concession: an agreement to drop their demand for a timeline to bring troops home from Iraq.

A May 3 Page One article about negotiations between President Bush and congressional Democrats over a war spending bill said the Democrats offered the first major concession by dropping their demand that the bill it include a deadline to bring troops home from Iraq. While Democrats are no longer pushing a firm date for troop withdrawals, party leaders did not specifically make that concession during a Wednesday meeting with Bush at the White House.